advice on my running/lifting

iheartsweat · April 28th, 2007, 07:39 PM

Howdy, Im 17, 5' 9-10", 147 pounds, I'd guesstimate somewhere around 15% BF. I've been running since I was 12 ranging from 10 or so miles a day in 8th grade to just seeing how fast I could run a mile every night in 10th grade. I also play soccer. But Ive always been a bit of a chubster. I think the thinnest I've ever been was freshman year when I would hit the weight room and do sprints for about an hour and a half before heading to soccer practice for anoth 1 or 2 or running and sprints.
I just started to monitor my diet and lift weights on some sort of schedule in January since then I've dropped about 33 pounds. Im starting to finally see definition when I look in the mirror, but it seems like Im having a really hard time to continue to drop BF. When I started to lose weight I would just run as far as I could as much as I could but then that started hurt my already messed up knees and ankles, so I cut back on cardio. But now I have some of that Triflex from GNC to take care of that

Now Im trying the interval training that Ive been reading about on the internet and in Men's Health. This is where I get kind of confused would it be best to do interval training after I lift weights to get right to the fat stores or should I run the next day? I generally run everyday usually 3-4 miles of interval training, just because I get rather bored at night and done like to sit around watching TV or playing video games because I think thats what got me fat in the first place.

So my question is running after weights or the next day for maximum fat loss? Also what can I do to boost my metabolism even more?

**Italianangel** · May 3rd, 2007, 08:26 PM

You do more than enough exercise, I would say you probably need to tweak the diet, not drop cals but maybe better food choices? Just a guess.
Linda

**Riddle** · May 3rd, 2007, 08:46 PM

A wise man once told me that how much you eat determines how much you weigh, but it's what you eat that determines your body composition.

So a 200lb person with 30% bf eats about the same amount as a 200lb person with 7% bf. The only difference is where those calories are coming from. (obviously this is a little bit of an exaggeration. no one could weigh 200lb at 7% bf without a well designed training program, im just making a point

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The moral of the story here is that, as italianangel said, you are exercising more than enough. What needs changing is your diet. Don't eat less calories, just eat healthier foods. I'll bet your diet contains alot of junk food and alot of fast food. Is that a correct assumption? If so, then your problem can be easily solved.

Check out the nutrition forum, there's tons of info there, and post any questions you have.

iheartsweat · May 7th, 2007, 06:35 PM

I actually eat really well or at least I think I do.
Heres a day in the life of my stomach:

Breakfast: 1 cup unsweetened oatmeal /w fruit, or a coffee mug of that Kashi GOLEAN stuff or eggs
Mid morning snack (somedays): Carrots/apple/yogurt or something of that nature
Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly on whole grain bread
After school snack: oatmeal or a BIG turkey spinach and tomato sandwich
Dinner: Usually a lean meat (I try to cook those quick meals from Men's Health all the time) and beans or what not
Bedtime snack: Random veggie

Ive also started cutting back on my cardio so I only do it on off days of my lifting

**JoeBAR** · May 7th, 2007, 07:27 PM

It doesn't look too bad really. Keep in mind that sugars are bad

Jelly ?????

Midmorning snack : everyday

Dinner : again, if you have that no later than 7pm (or 3~4 hours before bed) it's ok, if later (closer to bedtime), reduce the carbs (i.e eat them earlier).

Bedtime snack : put 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese or 1/2 a tin of tuna with them veg for some extra protein.

Adjust calories accordingly with the changes you fancy making.